The omens are not good for the future of the hen harrier in Ireland if the launch of a new programme to save them is anything to go by. Lashing rain accompanied the launch of the hen harrier threat ...

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Hen harrier numbers overall have declined by 59% in lreland since the first national survey in 1998-2000 The hen harrier could be extinct in the Republic of Ireland within 25 years, wildlife experts ...

Farmers are doing the "heavy lifting" on saving hen harriers, BirdWatch Ireland has said. Last week, the National Parks and Wildlife Survey (NPWS) reported that the number of hen harrier breeding ...

“Quartering” describes how hen harriers hunt across open country, flying just a few metres above the ground, hunch-shouldered with heads tilted downwards, waiting to spot a flicker of movement from ...

The long-running row over Britain’s hen harriers could offer lessons for other conservation conflicts, new research shows. Hen harriers’ prey includes birds that are shot for sport, especially red ...

Two hen harrier chicks have been fitted with satellite tags in a bid to protect them from persecution Two hen harriers born in the Peak District have been fitted with satellite tags in a bid to ...

Genomics reveals that the Hen Harrier has two distinct evolutionary lineages. Deemed as one species spread across different continents, scientists now confirm that the Eurasian Hen Harrier and the ...

The general public has been given one month to comment on the Government's Hen Harrier Threat Response Plan, which has been in preparation since 2014. There is intense interest in the plan among the ...

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As the grouse shooting season gets under way, two scientists involved in high-profile studies of hen harriers and red grouse at Langholm Moor in Scotland have called for field trials of a "ceiling" on ...